The women’s hockey team’s losing streak reached four games after Saturday’s 4-0 home loss to the Guelph Gryphons — but the Gaels bounced back to beat the Brock Badgers 3-2 on Sunday in their first win since Jan. 3.
“Sometimes, it takes a couple tough losses to remind you of just how hard you have...
The women’s hockey team extended its losing streak to three games on Saturday, falling 2-1 to the York Lions in overtime.
Despite only allowing a single goal, goaltender Karissa Savage was pulled halfway through the second period and replaced by Mel Dodd-Moher.
Under three minutes into the overtime...
The women’s hockey team missed an opportunity to move into second place in the OUA last weekend.
After winning their first game of the new year 5-2 over the Carleton Ravens on Jan. 3, the Gaels lost back-to-back games against the 10th-place University of Ontario Institute of Technology Ridgebacks...
The women’s hockey team no longer has a perfect home record. The team fell 4-3 to the Guelph Gryphons in a shootout last Saturday at the Memorial Centre.
Forward Shawna Griffin said it was her team’s most consistent effort so far this season.
“We’ve played a lot of one-period, two-period games,” she...
The women’s hockey team got back on track with a 6-2 victory over the Ryerson Rams in Toronto on Saturday. The win came after consecutive road losses to the Wilfred Laurier Golden Hawks and the Toronto Varsity Blues.
Head coach Matthew Holmberg said although it’s early in the season, the win was important...
Women’s hockey winless
The women’s hockey team returned from last weekend’s road trip empty-handed, losing to the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks and the Toronto Varsity Blues. The losses drop the Gaels to 7-3-1.
The undefeated Golden Hawks jumped out to an early 2-0 lead in Waterloo last Friday. The...
Men’s hockey loses twice
The men’s hockey team fell to sixth place in the OUA East following two losses on the road last weekend against the Ottawa Gee-Gees and Concordia Stingers.
On Friday, the Gaels suffered a 3-2 shootout loss to the Gee-Gees. Forwards Corey Bureau and Joey Derochie both missed...
Men’s rugby shuts out Guelph
The men’s rugby team closed out the regular season with a 34-0 win over the Guelph Gryphons on Saturday afternoon at Tindall Field.
The game was the Gryphons’ first appearance since Guelph Athletics imposed a two-game suspension for an alcohol-related rookie party.
Gryphons...
Morgan McHaffie led the women’s hockey team to two wins at the Memorial Centre this weekend. The third-year centre tallied four goals and two assists as the Gaels won 4-2 against the Western Mustangs on Friday and 5-3 against the Windsor Lancers on Saturday.
The Gaels are tied for first place in the...
Matthew Holmberg won’t tell you who his favourite goalie is.
“It’s difficult to talk about each one individually without talking about the overall role,” the women’s hockey head coach said.
Goaltending depth has been a trademark of Holmberg’s three-year tenure as head coach. His goalies this season...
Men’s hockey
Last season, the Gaels finished fifth in the OUA East and were knocked out of the playoffs by the Nipissing Lakers in a two-game sweep. But this year’s combination of veteran leadership and explosive offensive talent should lead to better results. Head coach Brett Gibson said the...
After the women’s hockey team came from behind to win the OUA banner over the Guelph Gryphons on March 4, forward Kelsey Thomson said something that stuck with me. Thomson was asked to comment on the trend of overtimes as each game except one in the OUA playoffs went to extra time.
“It just shows...
The 2011 CIS Women’s Hockey Championships are over. The Gaels clinched the bronze medal in the dying minutes of the third period to win the final game of a season that has been called “miraculous” and a “Cinderella story.”
The Queen’s Journal has been proud to have...